Filing appliance



Dec. 9, 1930.

w. E. DUNNING 1,?84584 IIIIIIIIIIIII CE Filed Aug. 20, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 DQQ, 9, 1930. DUQMNG 1 1,784,584

FILING APPLIANCE Filed Aug. 20, 1928 3 Shets-Sheet 2 r n m W mm mm i 11 15 12 i x l 55 a I: A

Dean 9, 1930. w. E. DUNNING FILING APPLIANCE .Filed Aug. 20; 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Dec. 9, 1930 WILLIAM DUNNING, orAIl'LIANcn, OHIO, AssIGNo t'ro THE MccAsKEY REGISTER ooMrAnY, F ALLIANCE, OHIO, A CORPORATION or oIIIo FI ING APPLIANCE Application filed August 20, 192s. serial Iva-300,768.

The invention relates to filing appliances and more partioularlyto appliances of this nature which are especially adapted for physicians and surgeons"re'cords. V

.5 It is customary for physicians and surgeons, in the use of filing appliances of this general nature, touse form cards containing suitable blanks for the history and diagnosis of acase,together with the name and status of the account of the patient.

This latter information is preferably placed at the extreme top of the card so as to be visible when the cards are placed in the appliance in order to facilitate access to any particular record by'the physic'ian'or surgeon. v Filing'appliances ofthis generalcharacter, as now in general use usually comprise a bank of hinged leaves or holders carried upon a supporting table or frame whichis mounted upon the'topofa deskor cabinet.

This supporting table orframe is normally located in a horizontal positionwith the hinged holders orleaves located substantially perpendicular thereto. When it is desired to have access to the appliance, the supporting table or frame is'tilted from a horizontal to an inclinedposition at which time the hinged "holders will automatically swing from the perpendicular 'to V ment. v I r Thisform of filing appliance not'only obstructs the top of the desk but renders all of the accounts visible; to others in the room than the physician or surgeon, whenthe supan upright-echelon arrangeporting table or frame is tilted into inclined position.

The object of the present improvement is to provide a filing appliance for the use of physicians and surgeons which will overcome v the disadvantages and objections to the usual form of such filing appliances, as above pointed out; the appliance being so construct- .ed that the hinged'holders or leaves are cat'ed ,in upright echelon arrangement at all times, permitting the physician or surgeon to have immediate access to all of the records in the appliance, while at the sameftim'e'the records are not visible to others than the physicianor-surgeon;

i The above and other objects maybe attained by providing a sliding drawer or frame mountedin the desk, beneaththe table portion thereof upon theside of. the desk ordinarily occupied by the physician or surgeon.

Two or more banks of hinged normally upright holders or leaves, located in upright "echelon arrangement may be mounted in the sliding drawer or frame, the banks being hingedly connected to each other whereby the entire forward bank may be lowered to substantially horizontal position, permitting the same to be used as a table or desk to support a memorandum pad or the-like upon which notes maybe written while the record cards in the rear bank are being inspected. v

An embodiment of the invention, thus set forth ingeneral terms is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,

provided with the improved filing appliance,

- showing the sliding drawer or frame in open 'p0Sll31011fglVlng access to all of the records 1 therein;

Fig. 2', an enlarged detail perspective View of one of the hinged leaves or holders;

3, an enlarged transverse sectional View through the sliding drawer or. frame showing the banks of hinged holders or'leaves in normal position, several of the holders of the forward bank being tilted downward upon their hinge joints to permit inspection of all of the data-upon thecard or cards ofthe next succeeding rearward holder or leaf;

Fig. 4, a similar viewshowing the forward bank of leavesor holders lowered to substantiallyhorizontal positionto provide a table or desk upon which a memorandum pad or the like may be supported while inspecting accounts in the rear bank, several of the forward leavesor holders of the rear bank being tilted forward'upon their, hinge joints; 7

Fig. 5, an enlarged perspective view of the sliding drawer or frame with the banks of holders removed; and

Fig. 6, atransverse sectional view through one of the frame members and sliding track membersof the sliding drawer.

frame members 7.

The improved filing appliance,-to-which;

the invention pertains, is adapted tobe car-. ried in a sliding drawer or frame indicated generally at 3 and located upon the same side of the desk as the occupant thereofand pref;

erably arranged to assume a position at the left side of the occupant when thedrawer is opened as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

" The sliding drawer or frame may comprise the front and rear end walls 4 and 5, re-

spectively,-which may be'connected' at one uppercorner' as by the angle'memberfi and which are mounted upon the spaced angle The members 7 be slidably mounted upon the rollers 8 carried by the sliding track members 9 which in turn are slidably 1 mounted within the channel guides lOfixed within the desk. In order to take the wear the angle members 7 may be provided with the heavy plates 11 upon their under sides for cont-act with the rollers 8. V

The drawer or frame may be further braced by the longitudinal bar 12 connecting the lower portions of the end walls 4' and 5at points substantially equally spaced between the frame members 7 and a transverse rod 13 may be located across the frame members 7 and central bar 12 midway of the drawer. An angular brace bar 14 may be connected at one end'to the angle member 6 and at its other end to the intersection of the bar12 and rod 13.=

To further brace the frame structure, the angle frame members 7 may be joined, at their rear ends, by a cross bar 15 which also serves to limit the opening movement of the drawer, being provided with the angular stop member 16 for engagement with the'lower frame member 17 of the desk when the drawer ismoved to fully opened position as shown in land 5. Each bank of hinged leaves or holders is carried in a frame compzsing the bottom plate 18, substantially triangular end plates and back plate 20. An angularly disposed reinforcing bar 21 may be provided upon the inside of each end plate 19, being located along the upper edge thereof as best shown in Fig. 3. Each of these bars 21 is provided upon its inner side with a plurality of spaced pivot pins 22 for pivotally or hingedly mountino; the hinged leaves or holders shown generally at 23. y

An angularly disposed strip or plate 2 1- is connected at its lower encl to the bottom plate 18 and at its upper end tort-he back wall 20 forward upontheir pivots and is adapted to have connected thereto the lower ends of the controlling springs 25.

As shown, these springs may be provided with the coil portions 26 located adjacent to the plate or strip 24, the arm portion 25 of thespring extending upward along the rear side of the holder or leaf 23 and having the -L-tong-ue 27 which is slidably engaged with pliance'may comprise two or more tiers of tilting banks of holders, each t1er' comprising the forward bank indicated generally at A and the rear bank indicated generally at B. The forward and rear banks of each tier may be hingedly connected together by a hinge joint 29 betw'een the bottom portionsof. the

frames which carry the banks- The forward bank ofeach tier may be provided with trunnions 80 fixed upon the end plates 19 and adapted to be mounted inthe bearings 31 and 32 located upon the end walls and cross-piece'13, respectively, of the sliding drawer or frame- 1 With this construction the-two banks in each tier may be easily and readily removed 1 from theisliding drawer orreplaced therein asaunit. I Both banks of eachtier are normally locatedin the position shown in Fig. 18 and access may be had to all of the data upon any record card in theforward bank Aby-tilting the leaves or holders 23, in front ofsaid card, as indicated at G in said figure. I

\Vhenit is desired toinspect the cards in Y the rear bank B ofeach tier, the forward bank may be tilted upon its trunnions'into a sub- 'stantially horizontal position as shown in Fig. 4,-raisin'g therear bank into the position shownin said figure and permitting access thereto, while the back plate-20 of the for- 1 ward bank, being-in horizontalposition, will 5 serve as a 'desk or table. for the operator.

It will be seen that the pivoted holders. or

leaves of each bank are normally in upright position and easily accessible and that the rear bank of each: tier remains inuprightposition whether-1n the normal position shown in Fig. 3 or the raised position shown in Fig. l, the back plate 20 thereof engaging the rollers 33carried in the upper angle member 6 of the sliding drawer. i

, With this construction itwill be as that thephysician or surgeon seated at his desk may open the sliding drawer containing the filing appliance, to the position shown in Fig. 1 and have. access to any of his record cards without permitting the same to be seen by a patient seated at the other sideof the The entire filing appliance being located below the table portion 1 of the deskwill not permit the records therein to be Visible to anyone else in the room unless they would" assume a position upon the physicians or surgeons side of the desk.

It will be seen that if the innermost rear bank B is raised to the position shown in Fig. 4, before the sliding drawer or frame is pulled out to its full extent, the upper edge of this bank B will strike the overhanging ledge 35 of the desk, marring or splintering the same.

In order to prevent this bank from'being raised before the sliding drawer or frame is fully opened, a locking device is provided comprising the locking finger 37 fixed upon the rocker shaft 38, which is journaled upon the rear side of the rear wall 5 as by the bearing bracket 39 and lower flange 40.

The rocker arm 41 is fixed upon the lower end of the shaft 38 and provided with a pin 42 to which is connected a coil spring 43, the other end of which is attached to the cross-' bar 15. V

A curved lever 44 is fulcrumed as at 45 upon the under side of the flange 40, one end thereof contacting with the rocker arm 41 and being normally held against the stop 46 by the pull of the spring 43. It will be seen that when the drawer is not fully opened, the locking finger 37 will be located in the dotted line position shown in Fig. 5, overlying the upper edge of the innermost bank B and preventing the same from being raised.

When the sliding drawer or frame is moved to the fully opened position shown in Fig. 5, the free end of the lever 44 will contact with the finger 47, swinging the other end of the lever away from the stop 46 and swinging the rocker arm 41 against the pull of the spring 43 into the position shown in Fig. 5,

and through the rocker shaft 38v swinging the 3 locking finger 37 into alignment with the rear wall 5, permitting the innermost bank B to be raised, at which point it will clear the ledge 35 of the desk.

I claim:

1. The combination with a drawer and the like, of a filing appliance including a frame pivotally mounted in the drawer, a plurality of holders extending longitudinally of the drawer having pivotal mountings in the frame extending longitudinally of the drawer for swinging transversely of the drawer, and means for normally holding the holders in upright echelon arrangement.

2. The combination with a drawer and the like, of a filing appliance including two banks, each bank including a frame, a'plurality of holders in each frame extending longitudinally of the drawer and having pivotal mountings in the frame extending longitudinally of the drawer for swinging transversely of the drawer, means for normally holding the holders in each frame in like of a filing appliance including. two

npright echelon-iajrrangement, the forward lban k frame :bei'ng :pinotally mounted "in-the idrawenuz y-- f 1 -13. Thercombiiiation with-1a Edrawer andthe like,;:o?f }:a r'filing appliance incl'udingi itwo 1 :banks, eaohibankdnoluding a frame mounted in the drawer, aplurality of holderspivotally anonntedini eac h frame,- means for nor- .mallyholdringzthe?holders inieach frame in upright echelon arrangement, the forward bank frame being gp-ivotallygmounmd in .the drawer :and the :rear bank frame being ver- -lticalilyslidably mounted in. the drawer.

1 -4.- Tlhecolnbinaiti'on with :a drawer and the like of :a filing i-appliance including two banksyeach bank-including a 7 frame mounted Ion the drawer, a plurality of holders p-ivritally mounted inieachrfirame, means for nor- -mally holding the holders each frame in "upright echelon arrangement, the frames: be-

ing hingedly connected together and theafor- Ward b frame 'bei ng 'pivota-lly mount d i-nthe-drawer'.

:5. The combination witlra :drawer anidthe banks, reach .bankdn'cluding l a frame, ,=plu rality :of holders: pivotally; mounted in each frame, means for 'normalLy liold-ilngrthe Iholders inweach .ifraime in upright echelon arrangement,means'for swingingthe forward;

bank i'nto substantially horizonta l position and means for simultaneously -:ra'ising -the rearLbank.

6, The combinationwsiitliiawdrawer and :the like of 2a filing :appliance'iincluding two banks, each bank including a frame, a plurality of holders pivot-ally 'mounted in each frame, means for normally holding the holdersin each frame in upright echelon arrangement, means for swinging the forward bank into substantially horizontal position and 1 means operated by the swinging of the forward bank for vertically moving the rear bank.

7. The combination with a drawer and the like, of a filing appliance including two banks, each bank including a frame, a plurality of holders pivotally mounted in each frame, means for normally holding the holders in each frame in upright echelon arrange; ment, the forward bank being pivotally mounted in the drawer and the, rear bank being vertically slidably mounted in the drawer, locking means for normally preventing the rear bank from'being raised and means rendering the locking means inoperative when the drawer is fully opened.

8. The combination with a drawer and the like of a filing appliance including forward and rear banks, the rear bank being vertically movable, each bank including a frame, a plurality of holders pivotally mounted in each frame, means for normally holding the holders in each frame in upright echelon arbank into substantially horizontal position,

locking means for normally preventing the rear bank from being vertically raised and 1 means rendering the. locking means inop- V5 erative when the drawer is fully opened-f 9. The combination with a drawer andthe like of a-filing appliance including two banks, each bank including a vframe, .a plurality of holders pivotally mounted in each frame, means for normally holding the'holders in each frame in upright echelon arrangea ment, means for swinging the forward bank into substantially horizontalzposition,means for simultaneouslyraising'the rear bank,

: lockingmeans for normally preventing the rear bank from beingraised and means rendering the locklng'means lnoperatlve when the drawer is fully opened; v V i 10. The combination I with a drawer and the like of-a filing appliance including two banks, each bank including a frame,'a plurality ofholders pivotallymounted in-each frame, means for normally holding the hold ers ineach frame in upright echelonarrangement, means for swinging the forward bank into substantially horizontal position,rmeans I operated by the swinging; of. the forward bankfor vertically raising thesrear :bank, locking meansfor normally preventing the rear bank from'beingiraised and'means rendering the locking means "inoperative when the drawer is fully opened. 7

In testimony'that I claim the above,'I have hereunto subscribed my name; a I

1 WILLIAM DUNNING. I 

